Clothesrack



CLOTHESRACK Filed July 2, 1923 H. L. PARKER, JR

June 23, 1925.

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HERBERT L. PARKER, JE.

PATENT OFFICE.

, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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Application filed July 2,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT L. PARKER, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Clothesracks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enabl-e others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this application.

My invention relates to clothes racks and consists in an improved folding device especially adapted to be used upon the wall or "i door of a closet and arranged so that it may be swung into one position so as to require a minimum amount of space for itself and clothing hung thereon or to be swung into another position to facilitate selection and removal of clothing hung thereon; this being the main object of my invention.

An additional objectis to produce an attractive, strong, economical device of the nature described and one, which will hold clothing when put away without one article of the clothing being disarranged by other articles on the hanger.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate a selected 4embodiment of my invention Figure 1 is avertical section through my rack when in storage position.

Figure 2 is a top view showing a section of the wall or door upon which the rack is mounted.

Figure 3 is a side view showing the rack in opened position.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary detail showing the construction of one of the parts referred to hereinafter.

The rack is preferably made of metal and consists of two channel-like sections 1 and 2 of about the same length and adapted to be nested together as best indicated in Figure 2.

A pin 3 extends through the lianges 4,i5, 6 and 7 of both sections 1 and 2 near their lower end to form a pivot or hinge on which section 2 may be swung from the vertical position indicatedin Figure 1 to the horizontal position indicated in Figure 3. Each of the channel flanges is bent outwardly at its end as indicated at 8 Aand 9. Thi-s bending of the ends of the iianges makes the sections more rigid and affords a base for section 1 by which it may be attached to a 1923. Serial No. 649,142.

supporting surface A. A catch 10 is pivoted on section 1 near its upper end and is adapted to engage the upper' end of web 11 of a section 2 when the latter is swung to the vertical position indicated in Figure 1. This engagement will be automatic when the rack is raised and will be easily released by lifting the projecting portion of the catch when it isvdesired to lower the rack. The web 11 of member 2 is provided with a series of parallel slits at spaced intervals throughout its length and the metal between these slits is bent outwardly as indicated at 12 leaving slots 13 of substantial width and varying lengths along the web. Two additional slots are indicated, at 14, the metal of which is punched out and discarded.

U-shaped strips 15 are formed so as to be inserted through slot-s 13 and 14 from the back of the web and their bases are secured to the web intermediate said slotsby rivets 16. They are also secured to the out` wardly bent portions 12 of the web by rivets 17. The upper leg of each strip 15 is longer than the lower leg so that the hook 18 formed on the, upper leg projects farther from section 2 than does the hook formed on the lower leg. The .shorter leg of the middle U-shaped section is longer than the longer leg of the lower strip and, in turn, the shorter leg of the upper strip is longer than the longer leg of the middle strip. Hence when the rack is in closed position all of the hooks are out of vertical alignment and each end projects farther from the back of the rack than does the hook or hooks below it. This makes it possible for garments hung on the different hooks to swing free of each other or, at least, to hang without being crushed by the garments hung on the upper hooks. When member 2 is swung to a horizontal position the garments will be still farther spaced apart due to the spacing between the legs of the U-.shaped strips and any garment may be removed without disarranging4 the others.

At 19 I indicate a flat strap of leather, canvas, or other material of such nature as to be flexible longitudinally when bent in one plane and to resist bending in a transverse plane. This strap serves to supportmember 2 in a horizontal position from member 1 which is secured to the wall or door. When the rack is folded up the characteristics mentioned will cause this strap to fold,V as indicated in Figure l,y in the space between the webs of sections l and Q and without swinging to one side so as to be caught between the flanges 8 and 9 of the sections.

It will be noted that web ll ot section 2 terminates at 2O at its lower end a short distance above pin 3. When the section is lowered this end of web ll is just in front of the web section l and if strap 19 is loosened or broken this end ot web ll will engage the adjacent portion et the web of section l to prevent abnormal downward movement ot the hooked section of the rack.

lV hen my rack is folded up as shown in Figure l it occupies a small amount oi space and any clothes hung thereon also tale up little space, but the clothes on each hook will not be pulled out of shape by the presence of clothes on other hoolrs lVhen the device is opened out as indicated in Figure 3,- an extended hanging` space is provided so that the clothes on eachl hook may be easily examined and removed without disturbing the clothesn the other hooks.

l claim:

l. ln a metal clothes rack7 a vertical member having pairs of parallel vertical slits intervals7 the metal strips between said slits being severed at one end from said member and bent outwardly, and clothes suspending elements secured to said member anfd eX- tending' through the openings provided by said strips, the severed and outwardly bent ends of' said stri is being secured to said elements at points spaced from said member.

2. Aln a metal clothes rack, a channelshaped element, the web ol which provided with spaced pairs of parallel slits the metal between parallel slits being bent outwardly, a U-shaped strip, the base ot which is secured to the back of said element web and the legs ot which extend outwardly through adjacent apertures formed by the bendingoi: the nietal between the slits and secured to said bent metal at a point spaced troni the element web, and hooks Vformed on the ends of the legs of said strip.

.l ln a metal clothes rackT a channelshaped element,- the web of which is provided with a series ot' pairs of parallel slits at intervals, the metal between parallel slits being` displaced,l U-shaped strips7 the bases et which are secured to the back of the web of said element between said said slits and the legs of which extend outwardly through adjacent apertures termed by the bending of the metal between the slits, the legs ot said strips increasing in length from one end or' said element to the other, and hooks formed on the ends of the legs oit said strips. In testimony whereof l hereunto affix my signature' this 27th day of June', 1923.

HERBERT L. PARKER, JR. 

